progress pix today
4 weeks and 2 days out
Printable View
progress pix today
4 weeks and 2 days out
Looking great FitBody. Keep it up...not much longer to go.
thank you so much that really means alotQuote:
Originally Posted by Delt King
i know 1 month TODAY I WILL BE IN MONTREAL
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaawwwww
sooooooo excited
and i LOVE MONTREAL !!!!!!!!
Sept 9, 2011
pt of the nite
Chance is always powerful.
Let your hook be always cast.
In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.
There is no security on this Earth;
there is only opportunity.
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
30 days outta Canadian Nationals
pic below:
it's official finally GX got his Canadian Spousal Visa today
so is a Permanent Resident of CANADA
it took 8 months !!!!
Sept 10, 2011
pt of the day
I have no regrets.
I will never regret loving someone because
the feeling of love for five minutes is greater than an eternity of hurt
If grass can grow through cement, love can find you anywhere
and when your least expecting it
outta the blue
WHAM !
there it is....
i found it on rxmuscle.com lol
Forgiveness is the final form of love.
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
29 days outta Canadian Nationals
pic: me and my hubby
we got our 1st yr anniversary coming up in 16 days !
i live for Saturday Morning Breakfasts....
beef, black rice & broccoli...
mmmmmnnnn..... YUMMY !
Sept 10, 2011
pt of the nite
so funny when i did pt of the day it was the middle of the nite and pitch black
now i'm doin pt of the night in the middle of the day in the sweltering heat
in between naps cuz i'm too friggin exhasted to do anything cuz was up almost all night
plus worked out this am and did 2 clients
now just eating my 2nd round beef and rice
then back to bed
lmao... 1 month ta go
If we could change our attitude,
we should not only see life differently,
but life itself would be different.
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim,
have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high,
one which sometimes seemed impossible
through all the trials and tribulations of my life
drug addiction (clean now since 1996), car accidents, divorces, injuries, surgeries, tragedies (like losing my baby brother in 1991 at 21yrs old), having a child, being a single mom for over 7 years, work, being a coach, a competitor, a full time personal trainer, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a wife, a friend....
thru it all i never ever ever lost sight of my goal: TO BE AN IFBB PRO BODYBUILDER
and here i am 1 month and 1 day out of Canadian Nationals
closer than i've ever been to my dream at 46 yrs old
i'll be 47 in november
no matter what i never lost my dream
i kept my eyes on the horizon
never listen to anyone that spewed negativity about my dream
said i could never do it
i didnt' have the genetics
well.... maybe others have better genetics than me
but one thing i got is HEART
oh and GUTS
and yes i may be stubborn for sure
but i also believe in myself
i believe in my dream
and i'm giving it my all
and on Oct 9th, 2011 i will walk out on that stage and say....
"here i am, this is the result of many years of hard work & sacrifice"
and thatz all i can do
and no matter what i will be happy in knowing that i did all i could
and thatz all you can do
and hope for the best
that little girl from Tynemouth, Northumberland, ENGLAND
by way of British Columbia, CANADA
and little Dawn who was picked on, beat up on, abused
who went down the road of addiction & survived crack, alcohol & drug addiction
and who has remained clean for 15 yrs this October
that little punk ass horse trainer that met & married one of the greatest powerlifters of all time who was 20 yrs her senior
who put her on the path of the Iron Sports
the same Dawn who was 1991 US National Champion Powerlifter
who at 37 her greatest accomplishment was having her son Storm
the things she's seen, been thru and survived
and come back at 46 to be better than ever
knows without a doubt that she has already won
just to have got to this point
and when you can get to this place
then no one can ever take anything away from you
because you are happy with yourself
and from coming from a person with a death wish, many many years of depression
to get to this place is impossible to put into words
how great a feeling it is
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
29 days outta Canadian Nationals
Sept 11, 2011
pt of the day
Imagination is the spark that ignites the fire of creativity.
If you don't daydream and kind of plan things out in your imagination,
you never get there. So you have to start someplace.
Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions,
these can be changed as your priorities change,
new one added, and others dropped
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
28 days outta Canadian Nationals
Sept 11, 2011
pt of the nite
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand,
and the determination that
whether we win or lose,
we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Do not let what you cannot do
interfere with what you can do.
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
28 days outta Canadian Nationals
Sept 12, 2011
pt of the day
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a mans determination
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
27 days outta Canadian Nationals
Sept 12, 2011
pt of the nite
It's not the size of the dog in the fight,
but the size of the fight in the dog.
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind,
confidence is the key to all the locks.
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
27 days outta Canadian Nationals
Sept 13, 2011
pt of the day
You have no control over what the other guy does.
You only have control over what you do.
You can become a winner only if
you are willing to walk over the edge.
26 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
Ms.Olympia schedule
FRIDAY - September 16, 2011
10:30 AM
IFBB Pro League
Women's Judging: Fitness, Bikini, Figure and Ms. Olympia
Las Vegas Convention Center - South Hall VIP Ticket Holder - Reserved Seating / General Admission - Standing Room Only
7:00 PM
Fitness, Bikini & Ms. Olympia Finals and Mr. Olympia Judging
Orleans Arena
here is the web cast link
http://streaming.bodybuilding.com/2011-olympia-webcast/
GO IRIS !
Sept 13, 2011
pt of the nite
The mind is the limit.
As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something,
you can do itas long as you really believe 100 percent.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
26 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
me today at the gyms... yep more than one
World Gym Poco in the am for few yrs
drove straight from there to Platinum worked out a few more hours
and cardio in am before
and fixing to do some more cardio
aaaaaahhhh life of a bodybuilder lol
yah i hear ya... YOU ASK "life? what life?"
I reply... "My life is THE GYM !!!!!"
Sept 14, 2011
pt of the day
There are only two options regarding commitment.
You're either IN or youre OUT.
There is no such thing as life in-between.
The day you take complete responsibility for yourself,
the day you stop making any excuses,
thats the day you start to the top
25 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
Gaspari has a live stream happening during the expo
LINK:
http://www.facebook.com/GaspariNutri...19906354729077
Sept 14, 2011
pt of the nite
The principle is competing against yourself.
It's about self-improvement,
about being better than you were before.
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability,
it was my mental ability.
what alot of people don't understand
if both BODYBUILDING & POWERLIFTING
are more MENTAL than PHYSICAL
IT'S MIND OVER MATTER
it's mental strength, determnation, sacrifice, ability to withstand pain
dieting & training for a bodybuilding competition is a constant mental battle
pushing yourself to train with you have no physical energy...
you gotta get it from your HEART and your GUTS
in powerlifting if you don't know and believe you can lift a max weight you darn sure won't do it
the mental preparedness you gotta have to take a max weight
and fight thru it is hard to describe
i have a brown spot in white of my right eye when i burst the blood vessels pulling a 501 lb unofficial world record deadlift
at the bodyweight of 168 lbs
that lift took forever to complete but i just pulled and pulled till i finished it
that was in the GREATER TEXAS CLASSIC MEET DECEMBER 1999
2 of the top male lifters of that time Steve Goggins & John Inzer (yes the John Inzer)
saw the lift and came up to me after
and told me that was one of the greatest lifts they've ever seen
when it comes to lifting max weights or doin a bodybuilding show you gotta find....
STRENGTH FROM WITHIN
25 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
PIC BELOW: me the day before Canadian Bodybuilding Nationals 2010
and me squatting 453 lbs when i won U.S. Powerlfiting Nationals in 1991
Sept 15, 2011
pt of the day
The world is full of willing people,
some willing to work,
the others willing to let them.
Great works are performed not by strength
but by perseverance.
25 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
PICTURES BELOW ARE ME....
501 lb Deadlift at Greater Texas Classic in 1991
unofficial world record at bodyweight of 168 lbs
in contrast to a softer side of Dawn...
Dawn's greatest accomplishment her son "Storm"
born August 2001
Sept 15, 2011
pt of the nite
As we grow as unique persons,
we learn to respect the uniqueness of others
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare,
everybody will respect you
when people ask me who my competition is i answer....
"I don't have any... cuz the competition i have is with myself !"
25 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
pix below
me in my pram in Northern England where i was born in 1964
me benching at US Powerlifting Nationals in 1991
(those Gold Plates are 100 lb plates each side by the way)
Sept 16, 2011
pt of the day
Setting a goal is not the main thing.
It is deciding how you will go about achieving it
and staying with that plan
Winners never quit
and quitters never win.
23 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 6 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
the Ms.Olympia is today is Las Vegas.... BEST OF LUCK IRIS !
the Ms.Olympia is today is Las Vegas.... BEST OF LUCK IRIS !
LOVE THIS INTERVIEW WITH IRIS THIS AM
http://www.musculardevelopment.com/c...s-olympia.html
more interviews with the OLYMPIA FEMALE BODYBUILDERS
here's link:
http://forums.musculardevelopment.co...n-Bodybuilders
MS.OLYMPIA PREJUDGING RXmuscle’s Dave Palumbo’s comments:
NICOLE BALL: Crazy conditioning…. Great tan. Very polished……… glutes are striated……….crazy back double…….. Impressive. Not the biggest girl up there though
SHEILA BLECK: crazy conditioning. Polished tan…. Super separated quads…… great stage presence……
BRIGITA BREZOVAC: from Slovenia……. Insane conditioning. Nasty back double. Striated everywhere.. When she’s in shape, her structure makes her look 10x bigger than she is. Impressive just standing there!
KIM BUCK: good quad separation. Tiny waist. I’d like to see delts and arms fuller …. Glutes can be tighter.. this is the best I’ve seen her..
DAYANA CADEAU: Bigger than we’ve seen her…… legs are much better… Conditioning is not tight enough…… needs to drop around 5lbs……
TINA CHANDLER: super ripped..striated glutes…….. ripped bams. Lower back can be a little drier……. Great look for TINA but she’s gonna have size issues with the bigger girls onstage.
HEATHER FOSTER: good front double…… great arms….. best she’s been in a long time. Good back shots………glutes/hams can be tighter though…….
MONIQUE JONES: Crazy delts and arms…… nasty thick back shots. Glutes can be a little tighter. Phenomenal structure
IRIS KYLE: 6x Ms Olympia…. Smaller than we’ve see her.. but tighter….. nasty freaky hard. Looks vulnerable……..maybe too small? Came down too small….. Nothing is popping the way it usually does>
DEBI LASZEWSKI: Freakiest girl onstage, conditioning wise…. Not the best structure; but she’s got striations ontop of striations. Freaky glute/hams.. crazy back double.
CATHY LEFRANCOIS: shredded but her waist looks a little blocky. …… not a great look for CATHY.. Ive seen her better
MAH-ANN MENDOZA: Tiny waist…. Beat Cancer last year…. Incredible comeback.. glutes/hams are tighter than I’ve seen them….
HELLE NIELSEN: tons of muscle…. A little blocky in the waist. Best legs onstage…… incredible calves…. Glutes/hams can be a little drier.
YAXENI ORIQUEN: Best conditioning we’ve seen on her. Striated pecs. Crazy leg separation…….let’s are lacking sweep but she has oodles of separation. Tan is great. Glutes can be tighter.
KIM PEREZ: Crazy delts to waist taper. Grat back. Legs are a little undersized. Glutes/hams canbe tighter.
ALINA POPA: 3rd at ARNOLD.. great leg separation. …… glutes/hams ripped from behind.. lower back is a little soft.. She’ll be right up there for sure
SKADI SEIFERT: Shredded…… tiny waist.. striated pecs and triceps.. glutes are striated……hams can be a little tighter (weird).. Good presentation
================================================== ===============================
1st CALLOUT MS OLYMPIA:
IRIS KYLE
YAXENI ORIQUEN
ALINA POPA
DEBI LASZEWSKI
BRIGITA BREZOVAC
IRIS KYLE in middle.. (1st)....it's much closer than it's ever been...... IRIS is not outsizing everyone. YAXENI and DEBI are pushing her
BRIGITA is taking DEBI's place next to IRIS!
BRIGITA BREZOVAC is the most sliced person up there.....best symmetry.
IRIS has the MASS advantage
================================================== ==============================
2nd CALLOUT:
NICOLE BALL
MONIQUE JONES
KIM BUCK
TINA CHANDLER
SHEILA BLECK
KIM PEREZ
SHEILA and KIM in middle in this callout.....
================================================== ==============
3rd CALLOUT:
CATHY LEFRANCOIS
HEATHER FOSTER
HELLE NIELSEN
MAH ANN MENDOZA
DAYANA CADEAU
SKADI SEIFERT
yahoooooooooooo
Iris wins her 7th Ms.Olympia !!!!!!
1. Iris Kyle
2. Yaxeni Garcia-Oriquen
3. Brigita Brezovac
4. Debi Laszewski
5. Alina Popa
6. Shelia Bleck
Sept 17, 2011
pt of the day
“Time goes by so fast,
people go in and out of your life.
You must never miss the opportunity
to tell these people how much they mean to you.”
“Only as high as I reach can I grow,
only as far as I seek can I go,
only as deep as I look can I see,
only as much as I dream can I be.”
Ms.Olympia History
1980 United States Rachel McLish Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1981 Finland Kike Elomaa Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1982 United States Rachel McLish Atlantic City, New Jersey
1983 United States Carla Dunlap Warminster, Pennsylvania
1984 United States Cory Everson Montreal, Canada
1985 United States Cory Everson New York, New York
1986 United States Cory Everson New York, New York
1987 United States Cory Everson New York, New York
1988 United States Cory Everson New York, New York
1989 United States Cory Everson New York, New York
1990 United States Lenda Murray New York, New York
1991 United States Lenda Murray Los Angeles, California
1992 United States Lenda Murray Chicago, Illinois
1993 United States Lenda Murray New York, New York
1994 United States Lenda Murray Atlanta, Georgia
1995 United States Lenda Murray Atlanta, Georgia
1996 United States Kim Chizevsky Chicago, Illinois
1997 United States Kim Chizevsky New York, New York
1998 United States Kim Chizevsky Prague, Czech Republic
1999 United States Kim Chizevsky Secaucus, New Jersey
2000 United Kingdom Andrulla Blanchette & Ukraine Valentina Chepiga Las Vegas, Nevada
2001 Netherlands Juliette Bergmann & United States Iris Kyle Las Vegas, Nevada
2002 United States Lenda Murray & United States Lenda Murray Las Vegas, Nevada
2003 United States Lenda Murray & United States Lenda Murray Las Vegas, Nevada
2004 United States Iris Kyle & Canada Dayana Cadeau Las Vegas, Nevada
2005 Venezuela Yaxeni Oriquen Las Vegas, Nevada
2006 United States Iris Kyle Las Vegas, Nevada
2007 United States Iris Kyle Las Vegas, Nevada
2008 United States Iris Kyle Las Vegas, Nevada
2009 United States Iris Kyle Las Vegas, Nevada
2010 United States Iris Kyle Las Vegas, Nevada
2011 United States Iris Kyle Las Vegas, Nevada
Cory Everson x 6 Olympias 1984-89
• 1984 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1985 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1986 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1987 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1988 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1989 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
==========================================
Lenda Murray x 8 Ms.Olympias
• 1990 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1991 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1992 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1993 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1994 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 1995 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 2002 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st (HW and Overall)
• 2003 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st (HW and Overall)
================================================== =======
Kim Chizevsky x 4 Ms.Olympias
1996 United States Kim Chizevsky
1997 United States Kim Chizevsky
1998 United States Kim Chizevsky
1999 United States Kim Chizevsky
================================================== ========================
Iris Kyle 7 x Ms.Olympia & 7 x Ms.International
• 2001 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st (HW)
• 2004 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st (HW and Overall)
• 2006 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 2007 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 2008 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 2009 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 2010 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st
• 2004 IFBB Ms. International - 1st (HW and Overall)
• 2006 IFBB Ms. International - 1st
• 2007 IFBB Ms. International - 1st
• 2008 IFBB Ms. International - 7th
• 2009 IFBB Ms. International - 1st
• 2010 IFBB Ms. International - 1st
• 2011 IFBB Ms. International - 1st
======================================
22 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 7 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
pic below is 2010 at the Olympia expo where i met
the QUEEN OF BODYBUILDING the incomparable: 7 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
am i truely blessed not only to have got to meet Iris in person
but that she accepted to take me on & train me this prep for Canadian Nationals
I have learned so much from her
and the one thing about Iris is that i had a heightened respect & appreciation for how hard this woman works
believe me i'm no stranger to hard work myself
being a former Horse Trainer that is a very hard working lifestyle
i thought to myself many a time in training for my show which is 3 wks & 1 days away today....
i thought.... "Wow this woman has hard earned those titles training like this"
one email she sent me which helped me alot was to just think about each rep each set you have to do
don't think about everything
just take each one as it comes
it reminded me of what i learned in early recovery from drug addiction
they have a saying in AA and other 12 step programs... JUST FOR TODAY
i would break it down even further and go.... JUST FOR THIS MOMENT !
and that tip she gave me was what i needed to take on the amount of work she said "NOW HERE IT IS GO DO IT !"
and off i went.....
Iris is an amazing woman
the greatest female bodybuilder in my opinion EVER
i'm blessed to have the opportunity to work with her & know her
she has shaped & changed my life in a positive way forever
through her inspiration of what you can achieve & through her guidance & wisdom
thank you Iris you are truely amazing
progress pic from 4amish....
little to no sleep lol
3 weeks out tomorrow ahhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!
2011 IFBB Ms Fitness, Bikini & Bodybuilding Olympia Final Video Wrapup with
Aceto, Palumbo, & Silverman!
http://www.rxmuscle.com/videos/c-int...silverman.html
Womens Bodybuilding Prejudging Wrap Up With Lenda and Shawn
video link:
http://www.musculardevelopment.com/c...and-shawn.html
This am 3 wks and 1 day ta go...
till CANADIAN NATIONALS
Homestretch baby ! Let's do it booyah !!!
progress pix this am
Women's Bodybuilding Olympia Final Wrap Up with Lenda Murray and Shawn Ray
VIDEO:
http://www.musculardevelopment.com/c...shawn-ray.html
Sept 18th, 2011
well another Olympia has come and gone
2011 OLYMPIA CHAMPIONS
Queen of Womens Bodybuilding Iris Kyle attains her 7th title
19 yr old Nicole Nagrani becomes Bikini Olympia Champion while her mom competes in Figure Olympia
Adela Garcia remains Fitness Olympia Champ her 6th title
Nicole Wilkins takes back the Figure Olympia title from Erin Stern
Phil Heath defeats his best friend Jay Cutler to become Mr.Olympia
Kevin English is the 202 Mens class champion
FIGURE OLYMPIA RESULTS
1. Nicole Wilkins
2. Erin Stern
3. Ava Cowan
4. Candice Keene
5. Teresa Anthony
6. Alicia Harris
MR.OLYMPIA RESULTS
1. Phil Heath
2. Jay Cutler
3. Kai Greene
4. Victor Martinez
5. Dennis Wolf
6. Dexter Jackson
7. Toney Freeman
8. Brandon Curry
9. Ronny Rockel
10. Hidetada Yamagishi
MENS 202 CLASS
1. Kevin English
2. James Lewis
3. Jose Raymond
4. Jaroslav Horvath
5. Shaun Tavernier
6. Jason Arntz
BIKINI OLYMPIA
1. Nicole Nagrani
2. Nathalia Melo
3. Diana Dalghren
4. Jaime Baird
5. Sonia Gonzales
6. India Paulino
7. Alison Rosen
8. Juliana Daniell
9. Abigail Burrows
10. Justine Munro
11. Diana Graham
12. Natalie Pennington
13. Christina Vargas
14. Vanessa Prebyl
15. Cristina Vujnich
FITNESS OLYMPIA
1. Adela Garcia
2. Tanji Johnson
3. Myriam Capes
4. Tina Durkin
5. Oksana Grishina
6. Michelle Blank
7. Bethany Wagner
8. Jodi Boam
9. Camala Rodriguez
10. Nicole Duncan
11. Diana Monteiro
12. Regiane DaSilva
13. Kizzy Vaines
WOMENS BODYBUILDING
1. Iris Kyle
2. Yaxeni Oriquen
3. Brigita Brezovac
4. Debbie Laszewski
5. Alina Popa
6. Sheila Bleck
7. Kim Perez
8. Nicole Ball
9. Monique Jones
10. Tina Chandler
11. Kim Buck
12. Heather Foster
13. Cathy LeFrancois
14. Helle Nielsen
15. Skadi Frei-Seifert
16. Dayana Cadeau
17. Mah Ann Mendoza
================================================== ====
Have the courage to follow your dreams.
It's the first step towards attaining your destiny.
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.
Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be;
your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
3 WEEKS RIGHT NOW I WILL BE GETTIN READY FOR MY OWN SHOW
THE MOST IMPORTANT SHOW OF MY WHOLE LIFE
AAAAaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!
21 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 7 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
pictures below are our new OLYMPIA CHAMPIONS
WE SALUTE YOU
Sept 18, 2011
pt of the nite
Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly.
COURAGE IS.... FEELING THE FEAR & DOING IT ANYWAY
Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.
3 weeks today i put myself onstage at Canadian Nationals AGAIN !!!
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield but to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
Grant me that I may not be a coward, feeling your mercy in my success alone;
But let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.
21 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 7 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
progress pix today
Sept 19th, 2011
pt of the day
yah yah it's day its 12:41am lol
i couldn't sleep AGAIN....
so got up and did 1 and 1/2 hrs cardio, showered
and now doin something constructive my posts lol
There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say,
"Yes, I've got dreams, of course I've got dreams."
Then they put the box away
and bring it out once in awhile to look in it,
and yep, they're still there.
These are great dreams,
but they never even get out of the box.
It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line,
to hold them up and say,
"How good or how bad am I?"
That's where courage comes in.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.
All life is an experiment.
The more experiments you make the better.
What if they are a little course,
and you may get your coat soiled or torn?
What if you do fail,
and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice.
Up again,
you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.
20 FRIGGIN' days outta Canadian Nationals AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaahhhhh !!!!
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 7 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
pic is me from yesterday training in da gym
Sept 19, 2011
pt of the nite
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
Creative visualization
Creative visualization (sports visualization) refers to
the practice of seeking to affect the outer world via changing one's thoughts.
Creative Visualization is the basic technique underlying positive thinking[
and is frequently used by athletes to enhance their performance.
The concept originally arose in the US with the nineteenth century New Thought movement.
One of the first Americans to practice the technique of creative visualization was Wallace Wattles (1860–1911),
who wrote The Science of Getting Rich.
In this book, Wattles advocates creative visualization as the main technique for realizing one's goals;
a practice that stems from the Hindu Monistic theory of the Universe that is subscribed to by the book.
Creative visualization is the technique of using
one's imagination to visualize specific behaviors
or events occurring in one's life.
Advocates suggest creating a detailed schema of what one desires
and then visualizing it over and over again with all of the senses
(i.e., what do you see? what do you feel? what do you hear? what does it smell like?).
For example, in sports a golfer may visualize the "perfect" stroke over and over again to mentally train muscle memory
In one of the most well-known studies on Creative Visualization in sports,
Russian scientists compared four groups of Olympic athletes in terms of their training schedules:
Group 1 = 100% physical training;
Group 2 - 75% physical training with 25% mental training;
Group 3 - 50% physical training with 50% mental training;
Group 4 - 25% physical training with 75% mental training.
Group 4, with 75% of their time devoted to mental training, performed the best.
"The Soviets had discovered that mental images can act as a prelude to muscular impulses."
Visualization practices are a common form of spiritual exercise.
In Vajrayana Buddhism, complex visualizations are used to attain Buddhahood,
e.g. Generation Stage.
Additionally, visualization is used extensively in sports psychology
================================================== ===
20 FRIGGIN' days outta Canadian Nationals AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaahhhhh !!!!
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 7 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
pic below:
1 week exactly till our 1st year wedding Anniversary
& its finally official GX is a Canadian Landed Immigrant...
Yeah I'm keepin' him !
KYLE'S IN 7TH HEAVEN AT MS. O
Steve Wennerstrom, IFBB Women's Historian
Published on 19 September 2011
It's September 16th. It's the Orleans Hotel Arena, and the Ms. Olympia takes center stage for the 31st time in its illustrious history dating back to 1980.
So let's cut to the chase. Unlike last year when Iris Kyle performed what has now become her annual beat down on the rest of the Ms. Olympia field to win her sixth overall Ms. O crown, 2011 was different. Refreshingly different. Fans left the prejudging chattering about the possibilities of an upset even though Kyle continued to be judged as the center of attention. In short, this was not a slam dunk visually as many of Kyle's victories had been in the past. Judges actually took second looks at the likes of Yaxeni Oriquen, Brigita Brezovac, Debi Laszewski, and the voluminous presence of Alina Popa.
This year an original field of 18 contestants made up a very competitive contingent – the largest group since 1997 before Betty Viana withdrew due to medical issues. But the 17 remaining women made for one of the deepest-ever fields in terms of muscle quality, as well as one where defending champion Iris Kyle appeared vulnerable with challengers who had most certainly gone the extra mile in their conditioning and contest preparation to chase down the reigning champion.
So what was it that took away the luster of Kyle's invincibility? Opinions, of course, were in abundance. Observers saw her as being somewhat smaller overall. Many thought her usual muscular detail and sharpness was not up to previous contests. But to use the tried and true boxing term in Iris Kyle's case, “You gotta knockout the champion to win.” And that was the bottom line. There are so many facets of the Kyle physique that keep her at a level of dominance. Primarily it is her amazing level of muscle cultivation and shapes that bring immediate attention. There are simply no weaknesses in her anatomical makeup. She is a genetic freak of nature. From her superb arms and shoulders, to the mind-blowing tie-ins from her glutes to hamstrings to a blistering pair of diamond-shaped calves, it's all there in living color. And when pencil is put to paper, judges find her continually devastating. So, even though much of the field brought their 'A' games in the area of conditioning, it was Iris Kyle who put the exclamation mark on the scoring with a unanimous vote of the panel. And when all was said and done, the reality of her brilliance continues without much argument. Her total is now seven Ms. O titles and counting with next year's Olympia bringing her to the very real possibility of equaling Lenda Murray's record of the Ms. O victories. What a show that will be.
With $60,000 in prize money available to the bodybuilding women, Kyle's victory brought her a $28,000 share of the purse. We now wait for 2012.
Meanwhile in the bridesmaid spot Yaxeni Oriquen was matching her placing from last year as she posed to 'Purple Rain'. But of equal importance was the fact that she became the all-time leader in longevity at the Ms. Olympia entering her 14th contest dating back to 1998. In fact, she hasn't missed an entry at the Ms. O since '98. Her remarkable string of visits to this event pushed her past Laura Creavalle, who had also entered 13 Ms. Olympia contests in her long career. A winner of the Ms. Olympia in 2005, Oriquen has been a top-ten finisher in each of her 14 Ms. O's. Even more impressive is the fact that she has been a top-five finisher in 10 Ms. O's.
This year Oriquen presented a remarkable level of conditioning, and in the process may have surrendered a level of the muscular volume she has shown in the past - especially in the legs. That said, her quads and hamstrings were shrink-wrapped. And few would argue she was in the best level of conditioning she had ever brought to the Olympia. At 5-7 Oriquen still appeared statuesque among the entrants at this contest and her final score showed she was a unanimous choice behind Kyle. Having just celebrated her 45th birthday on September 3rd, Oriquen completed her 47th pro contest in fine style. FORTY-SEVENTH! For those who find dieting for a contest a difficult experience, let that number sink in for a moment. Clearly, Yaxeni Oriquen is one of an extremely rare breed within women's bodybuilding, and she has offered no evidence that she will be vacating the bodybuilding stage anytime soon. Her prize money for second place totaled $14,000.
As the antithesis to Oriquen's longevity, third-placed Slovenian Brigita Brezovac is a newborn by comparison. But a finely tuned newborn to be sure. Last year Brezovac flexed her way onto the IFBB pro scene with victories in the Tampa Pro and Battle of Champions events before finishing her debut season with a 10th-place finish at the Ms. Olympia. This year Brezovac continued her winning ways with a victory at the Toronto Super Show along with a third-place finish at the Tampa Pro. She showed in not uncertain terms that she had plenty left in the tank for the Ms. O as she presented an outstanding level of balanced muscle that was finely-tuned. Her place among the top pro elite would seem secure if she continues with her current level of consistency in solid contest prep. Her third-place prize money totaled $8,000.
And speaking of consistency, Floridian Debi Laszewski brought two previous third-place Ms. O finishes to the stage at this event with every intention of continuing to be a major player among the top placers. With what Dave Palumbo described in his play-by-play as “ the freakiest physique on stage”, Laszewski was indeed primed and ready for this year's Ms. O. In what anyone would consider her tightest – best - condition ever, she found herself just one point behind Brezovac after prejudging as the two set the pace, along with Oriquen, in the quad-city sweepstakes. The frontal quad detail in this trio was absolutely breathtaking. With judging continuing in the evening, Laszewski slipped another five points behind Brezovac and found herself finishing fourth. Reasons tossed about as to her finish ranged from perceived structural differences in direct comparisons that made Brezovac look more streamlined, to Laszewski's hairstyle working against her as a distraction during her posing routine due to its length. Whatever the case, the top four finishers appeared to have a stranglehold on those positions with the official score sheets supporting that premise. Laszewski pocketed $5,000 for her fourth-place finish.
Fifth-placer Alina Popa made a very strong pitch for her overall quality and potentially bright future with a hard-earned finish in her maiden Ms. O voyage. Born in Romania and living in Switzerland, Popa is a former IFBB World Amateur overall champion, and when she made her pro debut at the Ms. International in 2010 she drew raves for a striking level of muscular quality and genuinely intriguing stage presence. Her eighth-place finish meant little more than the fact that she was noticed – she had made an notable impact. Popa's impact brought another invite to the Ms. I this year and her stock rose dramatically rising from eighth to a no-nonsense third place spot. Her strong finish put her squarely on the radar for the anticipation of a high placing at this her Ms. O debut. She didn't disappoint. In one of the deepest Ms. O fields ever, Popa flexed her way into the fifth position. The placing was no real surprise considering she was in the first call-out of prejudging that included the eventual top five. Popa's best years are clearly ahead with additional detail carved into her 5-7,163-pound frame. She's a structural marvel and in her early 30's, relatively young by female bodybuilding standards. For her first Ms. Olympia she accepted a check for $3,000.
Rounding out the top six was 2008 NPC National overall champion Sheila Bleck. Slipping two spots from her fourth-place finish in 2010, can best be explained by the extremely high quality of this year's contest. Best known for her inspiring posing performances, Bleck has also made notable improvement in her overall physique which blends an evenness of development throughout her structure and highlighted by diamond-shaped calves and several frontal poses that show outstanding shoulders, arms, and a v-shaped torso. With a pro debut in finishing second at the New York Pro last year and her subsequent fourth-place Ms. O finish, her sixth-place finish this year will only serve to further motivate a competitor who possesses a rocky-steady level of perseverance. Her prize winnings for sixth came to $2,000.
Outside the top six, the field was still star-studded. Places seven through eleven were revealed in the second call-out when Kim Perez, Nicole Ball, Monique Jones, Tina Chandler, and Kim Buck stepped forward for a look-see.
Seventh-placed Kim Perez was in commendable condition with otherworldly arms and shoulders...... so otherworldly that they left her legs in the dust. The imbalance didn't seem to phase the judges. A veteran competitor from Oklahoma, Perez was the 2005 IFBB North American overall champion before turning pro and this year's Ms. O was her debut at an event that had long been her highly desired goal. To qualify, Perez placed third at the 2011 Europa Battle of Champions in Hartford behind Kim Buck and Monique Jones – both of whom she topped at this event.
Eighth went to Canadian Nicole Ball. Competing in her fourth Ms. Olympia her finish here halted a skid in her first three Ms. O's where she placed 8th, 11th and 12th respectively from 2007 to 2009. She looks to have righted the ship in her conditioning, but without added muscle volume in her legs and more prominent biceps peaks (especially in her back double biceps pose), the road to a higher placing will be a challenge.
Making her debut at the Ms. Olympia this year, Monique Jones serves up an impressive overall package when it comes to muscle shapes and size. With broader-than-broad shoulders and enviable delts, to go with legs that match her upper body, Jones is agonizingly close to doing serious damage in the higher placings of this contest in the immediate future. The 2010 IFBB North American overall champion, Jones also made her pro debut this year with a fifth-place showing at the Tampa Pro, and a runner-up placing at the Europa Battle of Champions which qualified her for this year's Ms. O. She made a terrific addition to this lineup.
Cracking the top ten at the Ms. Olympia is a goal of any dedicated bodybuilder and when Texan Tina Chandler notched the tenth-place finish here it was the third time she has accomplished the feat in three tries. A 10th-placer in 2009, and 8th last year, Chandler had made considerable improvement over the calendar year. With a solid eighth-place finish at the Ms. International to start the year and qualifying for the Ms. O with a runner-up placing at the Tampa Pro contest, Chandler holds up well among fields of competitors who are notably larger in height and weight.
In the 11th to 17th positions more than one competitor could bave been considered lost in the proverbial shuffle. In 11th, 2011 Battle of Champions winner Kim Buck was brought out in the second prejudging call-out, but ended up missing the coveted top-ten placing. The 2006 NPC Masters National champion was yet another example of the high quality this field presented, and as all seasoned competitors understand, not everyone can place in the top five. Still, she looked brilliant in this lineup.
New Yorker Heather Foster claimed the 12th position after placing sixth at the 2010 Ms. O. A veteran competitor now in her 40's, the 2000 NPC National overall champion bounced back well after a forgettable outing at the 2011 Battle of Champions where she missed making the cut to the top 15. This was Foster's fourth Ms. O outing with last year's sixth-place finish as her best effort.
Cathy Lefrancois claimed the unlucky 13th-place position. In four previous Ms.O contests, Lefrancois had never finished worse the seventh. A three-time winner of the New York Pro Championships and a recent winner at the Tampa Pro contest to qualify for this event, shecould have easily suffered being overlooked in such a stalwart group of competitors. Overall, she showed a solid level of conditioning and her muscular balance was complete from head to toe. Her final placing was one of the major surprises of the entire event.
Denmark's Helle Nielsen landed 14th in what proved to be a head-scratching decision. Making a very strong comeback after her pro debut eight years ago where she swept to victory at the 2003 Jan Tana Classic and finished fifth in her first Ms. Olympia that year, Nielsen was victorious at the 2011 FIBO Pro contest in Germany earlier in the year to qualify for this year's Ms. O. Like Lefrancois, Nielsen could have also been lost in the shuffle even though she possessed among the best legs in the contest with an overall balance of impressive muscularity throughout her physique. A higher placing for Nielsen would have been reasonable.
Germany's Skadi Seifert finished 15th and qualified for the Ms. O when she finished second to Nielsen at the FIBO Pro event. Showing nice stage presence and a physique that was muscularly complete, Seifert can moved up in the placings with a consistent level of regimented training over the next year. At 5-6, 160 pounds, Seifert was deceptively muscular, carrying the look of a trained athlete. In fact, she was very athletic in her early years as a discus and javelin thrower growing up in her native East Germany. The former overall German champion competed twice at the pro level in 2010 with a sixth-place finish at the Europa Battle of Champions as her best effort.
In the 16th and 17th positions was a pair of seasoned veterans who were both entering their final contest as pro bodybuilders. Canadian Dayana Cadeau and Oregon's Mah-Ann Mendoza put a final touch on their distinguished careers where both had been competing since the early 90's. Cadeau was competing in her 12th Ms. Olympia (only Yaxeni Oriquen, Iris Kyle and Laura Creavalle have competed in more) and had won the LW class of the 2004 Ms. Olympia. She had also finished in the top five on nine occasions. Cadeau was also a two-time LW winner at the Ms. International.
Mendoza was also an accomplished competitor over the years. Competing this year in her fifth Ms. Olympia, the overall winner at the 2001 NPC USA also competed five times at the Ms. International, and was the overall winner at the 2007 Europa Super Show. Most notably, Mendoza had fought a valiant battle with cancer in recent years and the fact that she was even able to qualify for this event with a third-place finish at the Toronto Super Show is testimony to her bravery in the face of life's stiffest challenges. The duo was brought out as the final comparison during the evening show to recognize their contributions to the sport in a classy move by the IFBB judging panel and administrators.
================================================== =
Steve Wennerstrom,
known as the "IFBB Women's Historian"
was recently presented with " A Lifetime Achievement Award"
at the NPC Nationals( by Lisa Aukland),
for his prevelant support of women's bodybuilding, fitness and figure for over 30 years to date.
He has influenced woman in our sport like no other.
LOVE YOU STEVE
link to original article
http://www.rxmuscle.com/rxgirl/femal...n-at-ms-o.html
Sept 20, 2011
pt of the day
"Permanence, perseverance and persistence
in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities:
It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak."
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
19 days outta Canadian Nationals
OMG the days are the teens now !!!!
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 7 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
Sept 20, 2011
pt of the nite
Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it.
You have to just friggin do it.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan,
in which we must fervently believe,
and upon which we must vigorously act.
There is no other route to success.
19 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 7 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
7x Ms Olympia Iris Kyle After Winning the 2011 IFBB Ms Olympia!
http://www.rxmuscle.com/videos/rx-gi...s-olympia.html
Sept 21, 2011
pt of the day
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.
Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on
what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
Think big, believe big, act big, and the results will be big.
18 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 7 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle
Sept 21, 2011
pt of the nite
Strength does not come from physical capacity,
it comes from indomitable will.
Great souls have wills. Feeble ones have only wishes.
CARDIO UP....
tick toc times a runnin' out aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!
18 days outta Canadian Nationals
Dawn fully reloaded
trained by 7 x Ms.Olympia Iris Kyle